Shiflet Field Airport (9A9)

Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective	2013-12-12
Airport Identifier	9A9
Airport Status	Operational
Longitude/Latitude	082-00-35.3910W/35-43-14.4470N -82.009831/35.720680 (Estimated)
Elevation	1212 ft / 369.42 m (Surveyed)
Land	30 acres
From nearest city	3 nautical miles N of Marion, NC
Location	Mc Dowell County, NC
Magnetic Variation	04W (1985)

Owner & Manager

Ownership	Privately owned
Owner	Marion Airport Commission
Address	Po Box 1298 Marion, NC 28752
Phone number	828-442-5500
Manager	Billy Tyndall
Address	2654 Airport Rd Marion, NC 28752
Phone number	973-865-9241

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use	Open to public
Wind indicator	Yes
Segmented Circle	No
Control Tower	No
Lighting Schedule	SEE RMK
Beacon Color	Clear-Green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee charge	No
Sectional chart	Atlanta
Region	ASO - Southern
Boundary ARTCC	ZTL - Atlanta
Tie-in FSS	RDU - Raleigh
FSS on Airport	No
FSS Toll Free	1-800-WX-BRIEF
NOTAMs Facility	RDU (NOTAM-d service available)

Airport Communications

CTAF	122.900 MHz

Airport Services

Airframe repair	MAJOR
Power plant repair	MAJOR
Bottled oxygen	NONE
Bulk oxygen	NONE
Transient storage	HGR,TIE

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

Dimensions	3340 x 180 ft (1018 x 55 m)
Surface	TURF-G

	10	28
Traffic pattern	Left	Left

Radio Navigation Aids

ID	Type	Name	Ch	Freq	Var	Dist
MRN	FAN MARKER	Lenoir		0.00	03W	19.3 nm
FIQ	NDB	Fiddlers		391.00	07W	16.5 nm
RFE	NDB	Rutherford		344.00	05W	22.5 nm
BAR	NDB	Hemlock		320.00	02W	26.8 nm
HK	NDB	Tawba		332.00	06W	34.6 nm
SLP	NDB	First River		417.00	06W	34.6 nm
BRA	NDB	Broad River		379.00	04W	35.1 nm
EZT	NDB	Elizabethton		275.00	02W	38.0 nm
JJO	NDB	Mountain City		396.00	04W	42.8 nm
VW	NDB	Temky		280.00	05W	46.2 nm
IZN	NDB	Lincolnton		432.00	06W	46.4 nm
BO	NDB	Booie		221.00	04W	47.1 nm
FRT	NDB	Fairmont		248.00	05W	49.2 nm
DYQ	NDB	Dulaney		263.00	04W	49.6 nm
BZM	VOR/DME	Barretts Mountain	045X	110.80	06W	38.5 nm
SUG	VORTAC	Sugarloaf Mountain	059X	112.20	02W	22.7 nm
SPA	VORTAC	Spartanburg	104X	115.70	02W	41.5 nm
HMV	VORTAC	Holston Mountain	093X	114.60	04W	43.5 nm
HKY	VOT	Hickory Regional		110.00		30.2 nm

Remarks

• LOW LYING FOG ON AIRFIELD DURING RAINY COOL WEATHER.
• NUMEROUS OBSTNS IN APCH & PRIM SFCS.
• HIGH TERRIAN ALL QUADRANTS.
• HANGERS ARE SPACED CLOSER THAN NORMAL; SLOWER TAXI SPEEDS REQUIRED.
• DEER ON AND IN VICINITY OF ARPT.
• ARPT CLOSED AT NIGHT TO IN-TRANSIT TRAFFIC.
• IN EXISTENCE IN 1952.